Course 1: Starting From Scratch
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Section 1: Set Up For Success

Welcome to Course 1
Pick your genre of focus
Build a playlist
Schedule your listening
Set up a weekly class
Section 2: Set Up Your Instrument

All about getting a fiddle
All about the bow
Evaluating your instrument
Shoulder Rests
Strings
Rosin
Getting the bow ready
Stickers or tapes
Tuning the fiddle
Section 3: Technique Essentials

Right hand bow grip
Left shoulder fiddle placement
Left arm position
Opening and closing the elbow
Right arm height
Right arm bow pressure
Section 4: Learn A Major

Using the sheet music
A Major scale
Section 5: Boil Them Cabbage Down

Tips and tricks for the first tune
Boil Them Cabbage Down
Boil Them Cabbage Down practice along
Piano Accompaniment for Boil Them Cabbage Down
Section 6: Jenny's Gone to Linton

Using the pinky
Jenny's Gone to Linton A part
Jenny's Gone to Linton B part
Jenny's Gone to Linton practice along
Piano Accompaniment for Jenny's Gone to Linton
Section 7: Steamboat Quickstep (Uncle Jim)

Jig Rhythms
Steamboat Quickstep A part
Steamboat Quickstep B part
Steamboat Quickstep practice along
Piano Accompaniment for Steamboat Quickstep
Section 8: Britches Full of Stitches

Adding the D string
Britches Full of Stitches A part
Britches Full of Stitches B part
Britches Full of Stitches practice along
Piano Accompaniment for Britches Full of Stitches
Section 9: Speed the Plow

Using less bow for reels
Speed the Plow A part
Speed the Plow B part
Speed the Plow practice along
Piano Accompaniment for Speed the Plow
Section 10: Jessica's Polka

Cleaning your strings
Jessica's Polka A part
Jessica's Polka B part
Jessica's Polka practice along
Piano Accompaniment for Jessica's Polka
Wrap Up

All tune review
Sheet music without fingerings
Wrap up

Speed the Plow A part

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